Nigeria will tackle Cameroun over flooding – Mark

Senate president David Mark has assured victims of flood disasters in the country that the Federal Government has put in place measures that would compel cameroun not to release excess water from Lagdo dam or Lake Nyios.
Speaking with journalist after monitoring settlements affected by floods in Makurdi, Benue State,Senator Mark,who was in company of the former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Barnabas Gemade and Minster of Interior,Comrade Abba Moro, said the government would address the challenges of flooding in the country.
He noted that since the creation of Benue State,this year’s flood is the most devastating and pledged the assistance of the senate in bringing succour to the victims who are scattered in various camps in the state capital.
The senate president donated N4 million naira to the victims,while Morro and Gemade coughed out N2million and N1 million respectively.
Governor Gabriel Suswam on his part said the state and federal government are working out modalities to compensate the victims of the disaster and appealed for calm.
Meanwhile, residents of several communities in Udaba, Osomhegbe, Ofukpo and Agbazi in Anegbette and Udochi in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State have been sacked following overflow of the River Niger occassioned by heavy rainfall.
The affected persons struggled to move to dry land even as many relocated to their relatives in neighbouring villages.
Farm lands, houses and property worth millions of naira were washed off.
The lawmaker representing Estako Central at the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon Johnson Oghuma, raised the alarm during plenary session on Thursday.
Oghuma, who drew attention of his colleagues to the plight of the affected communities said his people were in dire need of aids.
Other lawmakers who spoke on the matter urged relevant agencies to provide relief materials for the affected communities.
Edo State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Barr. Osikhena-Boih Donald, who hails from the area also visited some of the affected villages for an on-the-spot assessment of the damages done by flooding.

Mark i applaud you for your regarding effort to give hope for the people of benue state is indeed good and your kind donation is reconmendable if not you our other nigerians leaders are speechless to provide alternative measures to curtail the excessive inflock of this water flood.Is high time nigeria stop playing big brother because is not what it, this is because 95% of nigerians are very poor and our president is pretending to the outside world that nigerians are living well.